Dead by Daylight’s 10.2.0 PTB patch notes introduce the Survivor Intent System, giving Survivors a way to send and receive text messages during a match. Players select from a wheel containing eight preset messages.
The notes specify separate default inputs for mouse and controller users. Mouse users open the wheel by pressing and holding the scroll button, while controller users use the right d-pad input. Hovering over the desired message and releasing the applicable input sends it.
The Survivor Intent System’s inputs can also be customized, allowing players to change those default controls.
Once sent, a message appears to every Survivor beside the Survivor information displayed on the left side of the screen. That puts the message within an existing area of the interface instead of a separate text window.
The interesting detail here is the system’s fixed set of eight options. That creates a standardized selection process, although the patch-note excerpt does not identify the individual messages, so the exact range of intentions players can communicate is not yet clear.
For now, the Survivor Intent System has been announced in Dead by Daylight’s 10.2.0 PTB patch notes. No date has been specified for its arrival in the live game.
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